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The doors of the Senate wing of the Capitol will be opened at lo a. m. 
to those who are entitled to admission, as follows: 


The Galleries of the Senate Chamber. 


The Diplomatic gallery will be reserved for the families of the Diplo- 
matic Corps; (tickets thereto will be delivered to the Secretary of State 
for distribution.) 

The families of the President and the President pro tem. of the Senate, 
the President-elect and the Vice-President-elect, and of the ex-Presidents 
and ex-Vice-Presidents, will occupy seats in the gallery east of the Dip¬ 
lomatic gallery. 

The Reporters’ gallery will be reserved exclusively for the Reporters 
for the Press, and admission thereto will be upon the usual tickets to that 
gallery. 

The remaining seats in the galleries will be open without discrimination 
to all who have general tickets for gallery seats. 

All of the foregoing will enter the east front of the Senate wing of the 
Capitol. 

The Floor of the Senate Chamber. 


The doors of the Senate Chamber will be opened at 11 o’clock a. m. 
to those who are entitled to admission, as follows: 

The President and the President-elect, who will enter the Senate wing 
by the bronze doors in the east front, each accompanied by a member 
of the Committee of Arrangements. The President will go direct to the 
President’s room, and the President-elect to the Vice-President’s room, 
where they will remain until they enter the Senate Chamber. Having 
been introduced by the Committee of Arrangements, they will occupy 
seats reserved for them in front of the presiding officer. The Committee 
of Arrangements will occupy seats on their left. 




































ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS. 






The Vice-President-elect will be accompanied to the Capitol by a mem¬ 
ber of the Committee of Arrangements and proceed to the Vice-Presi¬ 
dent’s room, where he will remain until he enters the Senate Chamber, 
where the oath of office will be administered to him by the President of 
the Senate pro tempore. 

The Diplomatic Corps will assemble in the Marble room, and proceed 
in a body at 11.15 the Senate Chamber, where they will occupy 

seats on the right of the Chair. 

Ex-Presidents and ex-Vice-Presidents, the Chief Justice, the Associate 
Justices, and the ex-Associate Justices of the Supreme Court will occupy 
seats on the right of the Chair. The Supreme Court will enter the Senate 
Chamber a few moments before the President. 

Heads of Executive Departments, the retired General of the Army, 
the Lieutenant-General of the Army, the Admiral of the Navy, and 
Officers of the Army and Navy who, by name, have received the thanks 
of Congress, will occupy seats on the left of the Chair. 

Governors and ex-Governors of States, Judges of the Supreme Court 
of the District, of the Court of Claims, and of the Court of Commissioners 
of Alabama Claims, the Commissioners of the District, the Assistant Sec¬ 
retaries of the Executive Departments, the Assistant Postmasters-General, 
the Solicitor-General, the Assistant Attorneys-General. and the Commis¬ 
sioner of Agriculture, will occupy seats east of the main entrance. 

Members and Members-elect of the House of Representatives will 
enter the Senate Chamber by the main entrance at 11.30 a. m., and will 
occupy seats on the right of the Chair, next to the Diplomatic Corps. 

The Procession. 


After the organization of the Senate shall have been completed, those 
assembled in the Senate Chamber will proceed through the Rotunda 
(which shall be kept clear) to the platform on the central portico of the 
Capitol, in the following order, viz: 


The Marshal of the District of Columbia, and the Marshal of the Su¬ 
preme Court. 



































Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate. 

The Committee of Arrangements. 

The President and the President-elect. 

The Vice-President and the Secretary of the Senate. 

Members of the Senate. 

The Diplomatic Corps. 

Heads of Departments. 

The retired General of the Army, the Lieutenant General of the Army, 
the Admiral of the Navy, and the officers of the Army and Navy who, by 
name, have received the thanks of Congress. 

Members of the House of Representatives and Members-elect, Gover¬ 
nors and ex-Governors of States, officers of the Senate and officers of the 
House of Representatives. 

All other persons who have been admitted to the floor of the Senate 
Chamber, followed by those who have been admitted to the galleries. 

While the procession is being formed, the Reporters for the Press will 
proceed to the seats reserved for them on the platform. 

On reaching the portico, the President and President-elect will take 
the seats reserved for them, the Chief Justice on their right and the 
Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate on their left. 

The Committee of Arrangements will occupy seats next to the Presi¬ 
dent and President-elect. 

Ex-Presidents and ex-Vice-Presidents, and Associate Justices of the 
Supreme Court, the Vice-President, Secretary, and Members of the Senate 
will occupy seats on the right. 

The Diplomatic Corps will occupy the seats on the left of the President. 
Heads of Departments, the retired General of the Army, the Lieutenant 
General of the Army, the Admiral of the Navy, and the officers of the 
Army and Navy who, by name, have received the thanks of Congress, 
Governors and ex-Governors of States, and ex-Members of the Senate, 
will take seats west of the President. 

The Members and Members-elect of the House will occupy seats re¬ 
served for them in the rear of the above. 

Such other persons as are included in the preceding arrangements will 
occupy the steps and the residue of the platform and the portico. 


































ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS. 


The oath of office will be administered to the President-elect by 
Chief Justice, or, in his absence, by the Senior Associate Justice present. 

On the conclusion of the ceremonies, the Members of the Senate, 
preceded by the Sergeant-at-Arms, Vice-President, and the Secretary, will 
return to the Senate Chamber, and the President, accompanied by the 
Committee of Arrangements, will proceed to the Executive Mansion. 

All horses and carriages, except those used in conveying persons to the 
east door of the north wing of the Capitol, will be excluded from the 
Capitol Grounds. 

Should the weather prove unfavorable, the inauguration of the Presi¬ 
dent will take place in the Senate Chamber. 

By reason of the limited capacity of the galleries of the Senate Cham¬ 
ber—exclusive of the space reserved for the families of the President 
and President-elect, and the President of the Senate pro te 7 npore, and Vice- 
President elect, the Diplomatic and Reporters’ galleries—the number of 
tickets is necessarily restricted, and will be distributed as follows: 

To each Senator, five tickets; to Senators-elect, Members of the House 
of Representatives, Delegates, Heads of Departments, and Justices of the 
Supreme Court, two tickets each. 

No person will be permitted to pass from the House wing through the 
Rotunda except members of the House of Representatives and its elect¬ 
ive officers, and ladies accompanying them having tickets. 

No person will be admitted to the Senate wing or Rotunda or to 
the Platform except as above specified. 

The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate is charged with the execution of 
these arrangements. 


JOHN SHERMAN, 

M. W. RANSOM, 

JOS. R. HAWLEY, 

Co7nmittee of Arrangements. 






































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